Julianna Snow has a rare disease that is debilitating. If she gets sick, even with a common cold, it could kill her. Her parents asked if she gets sick again if she would want to stay home or go to the hospital. She chose to stay at home and probably die. Critics say that it isn’t her choice to make. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (Think Tank), Brett Erlich (Pop Trigger) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
Do you think Julianna has the right to decide her own fate? If you were her parents what would you do? Let us know in the comments below.
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“Should a dying child have the right to decide between “heaven or the hospital?
An Oregon family’s decision to respect the end-of-life choice of their 5-year-old daughter has sparked a heated debate about this difficult question.
Juliana Snow has suffered from an incurable neurodegenerative illness called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or CMT, since birth. The child can’t move or eat, wears a breathing mask at all times, and is confined to the four walls of her family’s Portland home.
According to her doctors, Juliana’s CMT has progressed to such a critical stage that even a minor cold could now kill her.
“For her, there is no light at the end of the tunnel,” Dr. Danny Hsia, Juliana’s pulmonologist, told CNN. “She doesn’t have a long time to live.”
Comments
The only rational question here is will the state arrest her parents for negligent homicide if they don’t take her to the hospital. Conservatives will certainly do their best to condemn and kill them.